The remains of fallen Public Works Minister Mobutu Vlah-Nyepan was on Thursday evening arrived in Liberia amid tears and sorrow from family and friends.
He died in Accra, Ghana nearly two months after suffering a massive stroke.
The body of the late Public Works Minister came via Kenyan Airways, and was received by President George Weah, and Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor along with several officials of government and family members and supporters of the ruling CDC.
Liberia Public Radio Correspondent the airport said many of sympathizers were dressed all in black, and trooped at the scene to receive the body of the fallen statesman.
The death news of the late Minister has been met with mixed reaction from the public and family members who expressed suspicion about the mystery surrounding his death with some pointing accusing fingers at Minister of States for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel McGill, Monrovia city Mayor Jefferson Koiji and Mulbah Morlu who held long meeting with him before he suffered massive stroke.
But on Wednesday November 4, 2020 The Ministry of Public Works called on the public to honor their former boss and expressed disappointment in rumors surrounding his death.
The Minister who was flown to Ghana for further treatment had been listed critical was the last 48 hours of his life and was on life support.
“Mobutu was a good and lively man; he will be missed very well by all who knew him. We ask everyone to give him the respect as a former statesman,” one sympathizer who went to the RIA to receive his remains told LPR correspondent.
After a reported with the three government and party officials, the minister fell off and went into coma before doctors at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center managed to stabilize him after which he was flown to Ghana for further treatment.
Minister Nyenpan had been undergoing intense treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana over the past two months.
A former Senator from Sinoe County, Mr. Nyenpan, 54, was appointed by President Weah in February 2018 and confirmed by the Senate on February 15, 2018 as Minister of Public Works.
Mr. Nyenpan won his seat in the 2005 general elections, running on the ticket of the Alliance for Peace & Democracy (APD).
At the senate, Mr. Nyenpan served as Co-Chair – Public Works & Rural Development; Information, Broadcasting, Culture and Tourism and was a Member of the Executive; Defense, Intelligence, Security and Veteran Affairs; Maritime; Planning and Economic committees.
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